Lance Armstrong to be stripped of Tour de France titles and banned for life

[Ger Regan]

Didn't bother staying up for it last night (but recorded it so will watch it later). Going by the reaction he came across very badly in the interview, and by not admitting to doping in 09 or 10 appears to be looking to circumvent WADA's statute of limitation. In away you have to admire the sheer nerve of the guy.

[usav]

What were the questions?

I'm sure you can find it online.

Right off the bat though, she asked him if he used performance enhancing drugs - yes.
Did you use EPO - yes
Did you use other banned substances - yes
Did you cheat in all 7 victories of the TDF - yes
Would it have been possible to win all 7 without cheating - no.

[hilts_coolerking]

What a c**t that bloke is - the cheating is unforgivable in itself but the strong-arm tactics used to keep it secret all this time is even worse.  He didn't look like a man who is mortally ashamed of himself, as he damn well should.

[hilts_coolerking]

Would it have been possible to win all 7 without cheating - no.

"Did you even try?" would have been a good follow-up.

[paul_e]

I'd have liked to have seen:

Do you feel remorse over attempting to destroy the professional careers of a numbers of cyclist, medical professionals and journalists who you have successfully sued for damages regarding allegations of drug use which you are now admitting to?

Are you going to pay the money back and formally apologise for every single one of those legal cases?

Do you think you should be prosecuted for your actions, given the huge amount of courtroom hours wasted in legal cases to serve no purpose other than to extend the myth and make you very wealthy?

Forget the cheating for a second, lots of people have done it in sport and either got away with it or been caught and punished, what makes Armstrongs case so sickening is the way he went about trying to cover it up for such a long time, forget lifetime bans, the fucker should be making military helmets and number plates for the rest of his life.  Pure scumbag.

[usav]

Part 2 is tonight- you may see some of that, or not.

[Ger Regan]

Paul Kimmage is on Today FM at the moment talking about this, and is meant to be on Off the Ball later on newstalk (www.newstalk.ie), highly recommend tuning in, it's a brilliant sports show.

[Jon Crofts]

Sorry but Kimmage is an arsehole Ger, just my opinion.

[lovejoy]

I'm interested how he could use UK laws to sue the Sunday Times for printing something which was the truth. The law needs changing. Also in the case where he sued his sponsors to pay TdF win bonuses I'm pretty sure he stated under oath that he never took performance enhancing drugs. Is this not perjury? Doesn't that mean he should be in prison?
Finally there was no mention of  whether he told doctors of the drugs he was on when being diagnosed with cancer. Betsy Andreu used this against Armstrong and she deserves an apology.

[Dave Cooper please]

Sorry but Kimmage is an arsehole Ger, just my opinion.

I'd be interested why you think that Jon.
Kimmage in my book always came over as very bitter and twisted but I put this down to the frustration he must have felt through years of telling everyone that Armstrong and many others were cheating bastards and continuously battering his head against a brick wall.

I wouldn't blame him for feeling very vindicated just now.

[Jon Crofts]

In the USA Today newspaper yesterday they reckon Lying Lance is down to his last $150 million, if the sued all sue him back, he'll be on welfare by this time next year.
The Sunday Times took out a full page advert in the Chicago Herald yesterday laying out it's strategy in suing Lying Lance for every penny he has.

[TopDeck113]

And to think I started off as a fan who so much wanted to believe the myth.  He's now beneath contempt.

[Jon Crofts]

Sorry but Kimmage is an arsehole Ger, just my opinion.

I'd be interested why you think that Jon.
Kimmage in my book always came over as very bitter and twisted but I put this down to the frustration he must have felt through years of telling everyone that Armstrong and many others were cheating bastards and continuously battering his head against a brick wall.

I wouldn't blame him for feeling very vindicated just now.

Because he now thinks Wiggins is doping, and has stated that 'Wiggins is using the Armstrong blueprint for success' he got it right about Lying Lance but he's a bore now.

[TopDeck113]

The Sunday Times took out a full page advert in the Chicago Herald yesterday laying out it's strategy in suing Lying Lance for every penny he has.

That would be one News International campaign I'd wholly heartedly support.

[Dave Cooper please]

Sorry but Kimmage is an arsehole Ger, just my opinion.

I'd be interested why you think that Jon.
Kimmage in my book always came over as very bitter and twisted but I put this down to the frustration he must have felt through years of telling everyone that Armstrong and many others were cheating bastards and continuously battering his head against a brick wall.

I wouldn't blame him for feeling very vindicated just now.

As I say, bitter and twisted, probably finds it impossible to believe anyone can win clean, even now.
Because he now thinks Wiggins is doping, and has stated that 'Wiggins is using the Armstrong blueprint for success' he got it right about Lying Lance but he's a bore now.

This is true, but I reckon he just thinks that

Sorry but Kimmage is an arsehole Ger, just my opinion.

I'd be interested why you think that Jon.
Kimmage in my book always came over as very bitter and twisted but I put this down to the frustration he must have felt through years of telling everyone that Armstrong and many others were cheating bastards and continuously battering his head against a brick wall.

I wouldn't blame him for feeling very vindicated just now.

Because he now thinks Wiggins is doping, and has stated that 'Wiggins is using the Armstrong blueprint for success' he got it right about Lying Lance but he's a bore now.